According to Ergeshov, work on optimizing educational institutions is already underway and will continue in the next academic year.
“From the 2024 to 2025 academic year, we are optimizing schools in accordance with the directive from the Ministry of Education of Kyrgyzstan,” he noted.
This academic year, optimization has affected 9 schools in the region, including:
1 — located in the Aksy district;
1 — in the Ala-Buka district;
5 — in the Nooken district;
1 each — in the Toguz-Toro and Bazar-Korgon districts.
Before the start of optimization activities, monitoring is conducted. First of all, the number of students, the capacity of educational institutions, and the safety of children during their visits are assessed.
In the future, an analysis of the quality of education in the specified schools is planned. Currently, staff continue monitoring as part of the ongoing optimization,” added Sh. Ergeshov.
In the Jalal-Abad region, there are 155 state and 24 private educational institutions.
In state schools, there are 17,238 teachers, and the number of students is 282,746.
Earlier, the Ministry of Education and Science issued an order for the optimization of general educational institutions with a low number of students.
According to this order, a total of 53 general educational organizations will be optimized.
Of these:
- 22 — in the Osh region,
- 10 — in the Naryn region,
- 6 — in the Chui region,
- 5 — in the Batken region,
- 5 — in the Jalal-Abad region,
- 2 — in the Talas region,
- 1 — in the Issyk-Kul region.
This order was issued at the request of the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Akylbek Japarov with the aim of improving the quality of school education and optimizing institutions with a small number of students.
In the Jalal-Abad region, the optimization of 5 schools has already taken place, which now operate as branches.
